Terror attacks: findings put police funding back in the spotlight

The 5am alarm clock when I get up to write the Red Box morning email is never welcome but one morning this year stands out.

Waking up to the news of a terror attack in Manchester, not just killing and maiming children but targeting them, was just appalling.

Twenty-two people died at the Ariana Grande concert in May. Amid the tears and grief and horror and anger that engulfed the days that followed, questions were inevitably asked about how it happened and whether it could have been stopped.

Now we have some of the answers, and they make the whole tragic series of events heartbreaking all over again.

David Anderson, QC, carried out an assessment of internal MI5 and police reviews which had found that…

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